Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 to his family

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GLC#
GLC03603.268-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
17 April 1864
Author/Creator
Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
Title
to his family
Place Written
Deep Creek, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Notes they marched to Getty's Station to attend the execution of a deserter but were told that it was to be postponed. Says that they received orders to march to Bowers Hill and then were transported to Suffolk by "cars." They came back to camp via Getty's Station. While on out on march, they set up camp on a night that is very cold. Since they have all been soaked during the daytime march, the men are very cold. The officers take shelter with a black Cavalry. "I would like to see a nigger with a skin so black that I would not sleep with him if he had a good blanket." He comments on the local flora.

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